In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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